Store-service apparatus



(No Model.)

A. BEACH. STORE SBRVIGB APPARATUS.

No. 416,546. Patented Deo. 3, 1889.

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ADAM BEACH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED R. CORYv AND EDWARD S. DEVEREAUX, OF NEWr YORK, N. Y., AND THOMAS A. SIMONS,

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,546, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 27, 1888. Renewed October 1'7. 1889. Serial No.32'7.263. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM BEACH, a citize of the United States of America, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and 5 State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to store-service apparatus in which a projecting device is used to give a carrier an'initial impetus sufficient t0 propel it over a way upon which it travels.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device in which the carrier-proj ectin g spring and also the advancing spring of the sliding catch are passed around pulleys and secured to the rear end of the device to increase the resilience and lasting qualities of said springs; second, to provide the device with means to facilitate the retraction of the sliding catch. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewv of the proj ecting device, a portion of the wire way and the sliding catch thereon constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, Fig. 3 is a similar section on a smaller scale, showing also the carrier upon the wire way.

The frame of the device consists of two slightly-divergent bars A, united at one end to a transverse bar A2, preferably formed integral therewith. This transverse bar has a vertical boss A3, internally screw-tapped to receive one end of a rod pendent from the ceiling or other part of a store. vOne end of the wire way B passes centrally through the transverse bar A2, and is clinched or otherwise secured thereto. The outer end of each' bar A has a horizontal 4slot a, within which is placed a sheave a2. f

The spring C, used to propel the carrier, con- 45 sists of a strong rubber cord having its ends retained in clamps c. Each is provided with a rod c2, that is adj ustably retained in a socket a3, projecting from the side of the bar A at the rear end thereof, a screw of* passing radially through said socket and entering one 5o of the perforations in the rod c2 of the rubber spring-clamps. The spring C thus extends along the side of the bars A, and is normally under tension between the sheaves a2, around which it passes. The wire way B passes 5 5 under the spring C and sustains the carrier D, the latter having horns D2 at each end to come into engagement with the spring C and wheels d to travel upon said way, and at each end a. bevel-pointed hook having its nib d2 6o projecting upward.

To retain the carrier at either end of the wire wayin proper position for immediate use, there is also suspended from said way a small carriage E, having upon its top two lugs e 65 and e2, perforated for the passage of the wire way, and pendent from its bottom a slotted arm e3, and within said slot is pivoted at f a bell-crank-shaped catch-lever F, having its hooked nib f2 projecting downward in the 7o rear of its beveled end. The pendent arm of the cat-ch F has pivoted to its lower end a short Vhorizontal rod f3, upon which is placed a coil-springft, one end of which bears against the rear of the arm e3 and the other against 75 a collar adjacent to the head f5 upon the end of the rod f3, said rod being guided by a'sleeve f, projecting from the rear of the arm e3;

To keep the catch-carrying carriage E in its normal forward position, a rubber spring- 8oA cord G passes through a hole made transversely through the lug e2 of said carriage. Said spring G passes also around small sheaves g, mounted upon the front portion of the bars A, and thence to eyes g2 upon the 85 rear portion, to which eyes the ends of said spring are fastened.

To pull back the catch-carrying carriage E (and with it the carrier D) Without much exertion on the part of the salsman, the end 9o bar A2 of the frame has a pendent arm A4, that is vertically slotted, and carries in said slot a sheave h. The small carriage E has also projecting from the rear thereof a slotted arm E2, in the slot of which is pivoted a sheave 9 5 et. One end of a cord H is secured to an eye a5 on the inner side of the arm A4, from which said cord passes around the .sheave e4 and back on top of the sheave 71., from which it hangs down to within a convenient reach of the salesman.

To regulate the degree of tension brought to bear upon the spring C at the time the earrier is released, (as upon the degree ot the tension will depend the distance which the carrier can be thrown and its veloeity,) a square rod I is made to pass horizontally through the lower portion of the arm A* and in line with the head of the rod ]",attaehed to the lower arm of the bellserank eateh F. This rod I is retained adj ustably in the arm A* by means of a screw i,-passin,g,r through said arm and impinging against said rod, so that the concave front end of the rod I can be retained at a mol'e or less distance from the position occupied normally bythe head f5 of the rod f3. The rear end of the rod I has a longitudinal vertical slot i2, through which the eord Il passes, and when a knot h2 upon said oord comes in Contact with thebottoni of the rodI it arrests the forward motion of the small catch-carriage E at the proper place for its catch F to engage with the hook of the carrier.

Having now fully described my invention, I elaim-A l. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a wire way, a frame having divergent bars and sheaves at the outei` end of said bars, and sockets secured to the sides of said bars, with a Spring retained normally under tension upon said sheaves, and clamps for the ends of said spring retained adjustably within said sockets, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a wire way, a frame having divergent arms, sheaves within slots in the ends thereof, and a propelling-spring retained normall)T under tension between said sheaves and extending alongside of said sheaves, with a sliding catch-carriage mounted upon the wire way, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a store-service apparatus, the combi nation oi a wire way, a frame having arms with slots in their outer ends, sheaves therein and a propelling-spring resting upon the periphery of said sheaves, with a sliding catch-carriage mounted upon the wireway, sheaves g upon the frame, and a cord-spring having its middle portion connected with the catch carriage and passing around said sheaves g to the rear end oi' the frame, sub stantially as and for the purpose described.

s. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a wire way, the frame having arms in the same horizontal plane as said way, a proj eeting spring and a eateh-earriage-advancin g spring, with aeatelrcarriage mounted upon the wire Way, a bell-erank-shaped catolilever pivoted to said carriage, the rod f", pivoted to said lever, and a coil-spring upon said rod, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a wire Way, a frame having horizontal arms with two pairs of sheaves upon their outer ends, a projecting spring and. a catch carriage advancing spring passing around said sheaves, a catch-carriage, a bellerank-shaped catch-lever pivoted to said earriage, the rod f3, pivoted to said lever, and a spring to advance said rod, with a stop-rod I adj ustably secured to the frame and having a slot therein for the passage of the retracting-eord H, substantially as and for the purpose described.

(5. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a wire way, a frame having horizontal arms with two pairs of sheaves upon their outer ends, a propelling-spring and eateh carriage advancing spring passing around said sheaves, a catch carriage, a sheave mounted upon the rear end of said carriage, and a cord doubled over said sheave and having one end secured to the frame and the other passing over a second sheave, substantially as and for the purpose de scribed. -V

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM BEAQII.

Witnesses:

Trios. A. SIMoNs, LORENZO D. HAGERTY. 

